Modeling the SARS Outbreak in Toronto, Canada
... Spread of SARS • Travels in water droplets spread by coughing/sneezing • Droplets can be infectious for up to 6 hours • Household disinfectants like bleach are effective at killing the virus ...
... Spread of SARS • Travels in water droplets spread by coughing/sneezing • Droplets can be infectious for up to 6 hours • Household disinfectants like bleach are effective at killing the virus ...
The Natural History of Untreated HIV
... years on average, though this duration varies considerably. Disease progression can be predicted by baseline viral load and CD4+ cell count. Over time most patients (except for nonprogressors) will have declining CD4+ cells with increasing risk of developing symptoms. When CD4+ cells fall below 200 ...
... years on average, though this duration varies considerably. Disease progression can be predicted by baseline viral load and CD4+ cell count. Over time most patients (except for nonprogressors) will have declining CD4+ cells with increasing risk of developing symptoms. When CD4+ cells fall below 200 ...
The Natural History of Untreated HIV
... years on average, though this duration varies considerably. Disease progression can be predicted by baseline viral load and CD4+ cell count. Over time most patients (except for nonprogressors) will have declining CD4+ cells with increasing risk of developing symptoms. When CD4+ cells fall below 200 ...
... years on average, though this duration varies considerably. Disease progression can be predicted by baseline viral load and CD4+ cell count. Over time most patients (except for nonprogressors) will have declining CD4+ cells with increasing risk of developing symptoms. When CD4+ cells fall below 200 ...
common disease conditions diagnosed in smallholder and pet pigs
... seen much earlier (especially 1-3 weeks-old) than in other species. Weaning later on smallholder units can help reduce the risk of periweaning colibacillosis. Laboratory diagnosis of enteric disease is useful to determine treatment and prevention measures. Respiratory disease: Respiratory diseases a ...
... seen much earlier (especially 1-3 weeks-old) than in other species. Weaning later on smallholder units can help reduce the risk of periweaning colibacillosis. Laboratory diagnosis of enteric disease is useful to determine treatment and prevention measures. Respiratory disease: Respiratory diseases a ...
Lecture 5 - Drugs used in inflammatory bowel disease
... • Fully humanized IgG antibody to TNF-α • Adalimumab is TNFα inhibitor • It binds to TNFα, preventing it from activating TNF receptors. • Has an advantage that it is given by ...
... • Fully humanized IgG antibody to TNF-α • Adalimumab is TNFα inhibitor • It binds to TNFα, preventing it from activating TNF receptors. • Has an advantage that it is given by ...
Risk assessment of events involving infectious diseases
... community calls you. He tells you that the local newspaper has reported rumours that two young African asylum seekers in the refugee’s shelter in the area are HIV positive and have been observed dancing in the pub with local girls. The mayor wants the Africans removed from the community. He fears an ...
... community calls you. He tells you that the local newspaper has reported rumours that two young African asylum seekers in the refugee’s shelter in the area are HIV positive and have been observed dancing in the pub with local girls. The mayor wants the Africans removed from the community. He fears an ...
1. Pre-renal failure
... 6. Lung sounds may vary according to the degree of obstruction. It may be normal vesicular or pan inspiratory coarse crackles or polyphonic expiratory wheeze. 7. The cough may be moist and at morning only follows by retching. 8. Lethargy fever and inappetance may indicate bacterial infection. IIa- D ...
... 6. Lung sounds may vary according to the degree of obstruction. It may be normal vesicular or pan inspiratory coarse crackles or polyphonic expiratory wheeze. 7. The cough may be moist and at morning only follows by retching. 8. Lethargy fever and inappetance may indicate bacterial infection. IIa- D ...
Infectious Disease Committee, Woodbury County Definition
... bacteria. Staph bacteria commonly live on the skin and in the nose and usually do not cause any harm. However, sometimes they cause infections. These infections are usually treated with antibiotics. When common antibiotics don’t kill the staph bacteria, it means the bacteria have become resistant to ...
... bacteria. Staph bacteria commonly live on the skin and in the nose and usually do not cause any harm. However, sometimes they cause infections. These infections are usually treated with antibiotics. When common antibiotics don’t kill the staph bacteria, it means the bacteria have become resistant to ...
RSV Brochure_final.pmd
... for writing the original manuscript. Thanks to Kathy Brooks, RN, PhD, CIC, Diane Jones, MSN, CIC, and Kim Strelczyk, MSN, CCRN, CIC for reviewing the brochure. Copyright © 2005 by The Assocation for Professionals in Infection Control and ...
... for writing the original manuscript. Thanks to Kathy Brooks, RN, PhD, CIC, Diane Jones, MSN, CIC, and Kim Strelczyk, MSN, CCRN, CIC for reviewing the brochure. Copyright © 2005 by The Assocation for Professionals in Infection Control and ...
Emerging disease in the third epidemiological
... hominids are ‘souvenir’ species that are ‘picked up’ during daily activity. Souvenir species are zoonoses whose primary hosts are non-human animals and they only incidentally infect humans. ...
... hominids are ‘souvenir’ species that are ‘picked up’ during daily activity. Souvenir species are zoonoses whose primary hosts are non-human animals and they only incidentally infect humans. ...
Other Common Conditions
... Blackleg is one of the most common clostridial conditions and is mainly a disease of grazing animals. It can also occur in housed animals that have grazed infected pastures. Although it mostly affects cattle from six months to two years of age, it can occur in calves a few months old. Spores produce ...
... Blackleg is one of the most common clostridial conditions and is mainly a disease of grazing animals. It can also occur in housed animals that have grazed infected pastures. Although it mostly affects cattle from six months to two years of age, it can occur in calves a few months old. Spores produce ...
Host-Pathogen Interactions
... of influenza may only cause a fever and sore throat, while another may cause pneumonia or other serious respiratory condition. Infectivity: The level at which a microorganism is able to infect or invade a host. Transmissibility: The measure of a microorganism’s ability to spread from one host to the ...
... of influenza may only cause a fever and sore throat, while another may cause pneumonia or other serious respiratory condition. Infectivity: The level at which a microorganism is able to infect or invade a host. Transmissibility: The measure of a microorganism’s ability to spread from one host to the ...
Comparative Medicine - Laboratory Animal Boards Study Group
... 5% of infected persons infected develop adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma. Another 1%-3% develops HTLV-associated myelopathy-tropical spastic paraparesis or other immune-mediated disorders. More than 90% of infected people are asymptomatic. Licensed vaccines are unavailable and the underlying neoplasti ...
... 5% of infected persons infected develop adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma. Another 1%-3% develops HTLV-associated myelopathy-tropical spastic paraparesis or other immune-mediated disorders. More than 90% of infected people are asymptomatic. Licensed vaccines are unavailable and the underlying neoplasti ...
5 Immunopathology of reproduction
... Autoimmunity is an immune response against self antigen or antigens. Autoimmune disease is tissue damage or disturbed physiological function due to autoimmune response. (Autoimmune response can occur without disease, caution is required in making the assumption that autoimmune responses necessarily ...
... Autoimmunity is an immune response against self antigen or antigens. Autoimmune disease is tissue damage or disturbed physiological function due to autoimmune response. (Autoimmune response can occur without disease, caution is required in making the assumption that autoimmune responses necessarily ...
Cryptosporidum Technical Ne
... Once the infection is well established, 3-5 days after initial infection, oocyst production commences, by which time damage to the gut is frequently so severe that marked diarrhoea results. Cryptosporidium, as with so many other parasites, bases its survival strategy on the production of very large ...
... Once the infection is well established, 3-5 days after initial infection, oocyst production commences, by which time damage to the gut is frequently so severe that marked diarrhoea results. Cryptosporidium, as with so many other parasites, bases its survival strategy on the production of very large ...
Presentation to Newry conference, 11 November
... CFS: Covers a wide spectrum of chronic fatigue clinical presentations and causations – similar to placing all types of arthritis under chronic joint pain syndrome and saying they all have the same cause and treatment ...
... CFS: Covers a wide spectrum of chronic fatigue clinical presentations and causations – similar to placing all types of arthritis under chronic joint pain syndrome and saying they all have the same cause and treatment ...
266 - Viktor`s Notes for the Neurosurgery Resident
... – INCUBATION PERIOD ranges from 2 years (inoculated directly into brain) to > 15 years (inoculated subcutaneously). – course (duration) similar to sporadic CJD. *now replaced by recombinant GH b) ingestion of beef (?) with BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (MAD COW DISEASE) – i.e. new variant CJD! – ...
... – INCUBATION PERIOD ranges from 2 years (inoculated directly into brain) to > 15 years (inoculated subcutaneously). – course (duration) similar to sporadic CJD. *now replaced by recombinant GH b) ingestion of beef (?) with BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (MAD COW DISEASE) – i.e. new variant CJD! – ...
Fungal Diseases also known as mycosis
... susceptible to thrush include adults whose immune systems have been weakened by antibiotics, steroids, or, most commonly, AIDS. Infants can become infected during birth if the mother has a vaginal yeast infection. When the curdlike discharge is removed from patches of thrush, raw and bleeding areas ...
... susceptible to thrush include adults whose immune systems have been weakened by antibiotics, steroids, or, most commonly, AIDS. Infants can become infected during birth if the mother has a vaginal yeast infection. When the curdlike discharge is removed from patches of thrush, raw and bleeding areas ...
Microorganisms
... • Microorganisms can also harm plant life. These are considered parasites because they live on a host organism causing harm to it. • In the nineteenth century, a fungus spread throughout Ireland and destroyed large amounts of the potato crop, causing thousands to starve. It was known as the Irish Po ...
... • Microorganisms can also harm plant life. These are considered parasites because they live on a host organism causing harm to it. • In the nineteenth century, a fungus spread throughout Ireland and destroyed large amounts of the potato crop, causing thousands to starve. It was known as the Irish Po ...
Itching & Scratching - Ms. Kay's Health Class
... prevent STIs is to avoid any type of sexual contact or intimacy. Use latex condoms. If you are sexually active then latex condoms can help prevent transmission. Limit sex partners. The more people you have sex with, the greater the risk of getting an STI. Get regular gynecological or male genit ...
... prevent STIs is to avoid any type of sexual contact or intimacy. Use latex condoms. If you are sexually active then latex condoms can help prevent transmission. Limit sex partners. The more people you have sex with, the greater the risk of getting an STI. Get regular gynecological or male genit ...
Parasite Rex - Gustavus Adolphus College
... The message that I believe Zimmer wants to portray is that parasites are more important than we think. They infect plants, animals, and humans and result in diseases such as malaria and elephantiasis, which have killed millions. Although we have the knowledge to stay clear and reverse our own afflic ...
... The message that I believe Zimmer wants to portray is that parasites are more important than we think. They infect plants, animals, and humans and result in diseases such as malaria and elephantiasis, which have killed millions. Although we have the knowledge to stay clear and reverse our own afflic ...
Prescott`s Microbiology, 9th Edition 38 Human Diseases Caused by
... 2. Transmitted by mosquitoes from animal reservoirs; presents as fever, headache, meningitis, and encephalitis, progressing to seizures, paralysis, coma, and death 3. Treatment is supportive; no vaccine available; prevention relies on mosquito avoidance C. West Nile fever (encephalitis) 1. Caused by ...
... 2. Transmitted by mosquitoes from animal reservoirs; presents as fever, headache, meningitis, and encephalitis, progressing to seizures, paralysis, coma, and death 3. Treatment is supportive; no vaccine available; prevention relies on mosquito avoidance C. West Nile fever (encephalitis) 1. Caused by ...
Canine Vaccinations - Northampton Veterinary Clinic
... This virus causes severe fever, vomiting and diarrhea and suppression of the immune system, which can result in death, especially in puppies or sick dogs. Leptospirosis vaccine Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection usually acquired through exposure to contaminated water around farms and wildlife. I ...
... This virus causes severe fever, vomiting and diarrhea and suppression of the immune system, which can result in death, especially in puppies or sick dogs. Leptospirosis vaccine Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection usually acquired through exposure to contaminated water around farms and wildlife. I ...
African trypanosomiasis
African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei. There are two types that infect humans, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (T.b.g) and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (T.b.r.). T.b.g causes over 98% of reported cases. Both are usually transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly and are most common in rural areas.Initially, in the first stage of the disease, there are fevers, headaches, itchiness, and joint pains. This begins one to three weeks after the bite. Weeks to months later the second stage begins with confusion, poor coordination, numbness and trouble sleeping. Diagnosis is via finding the parasite in a blood smear or in the fluid of a lymph node. A lumbar puncture is often needed to tell the difference between first and second stage disease.Prevention of severe disease involves screening the population at risk with blood tests for T.b.g. Treatment is easier when the disease is detected early and before neurological symptoms occur. Treatment of the first stage is with the medications pentamidine or suramin. Treatment of the second stage involves: eflornithine or a combination of nifurtimox and eflornithine for T.b.g. While melarsoprol works for both it is typically only used for T.b.r. due to serious side effects.The disease occurs regularly in some regions of sub-Saharan Africa with the population at risk being about 70 million in 36 countries. As of 2010 it caused around 9,000 deaths per year, down from 34,000 in 1990. An estimated 30,000 people are currently infected with 7000 new infections in 2012. More than 80% of these cases are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Three major outbreaks have occurred in recent history: one from 1896 to 1906 primarily in Uganda and the Congo Basin and two in 1920 and 1970 in several African countries. Other animals, such as cows, may carry the disease and become infected.